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But Combee is the common Pokemon. That likely means that no matter where it goes it would likely have a 15% chance of showing up
It's purposely the booby prize of the Lostlorn forest. They'd probably put something crappy in its place rather than up Pinsir/Heracross/Leavanny's rates.

But Combee is the common Pokemon. That likely means that no matter where it goes it would likely have a 15% chance of showing up
It's purposely the booby prize of the Lostlorn forest. They'd probably put something crappy in its place rather than up Pinsir/Heracross/Leavanny's rates.

Oh, you meant that they'd add stuff to the already-existing Grottoes.

I was speaking as if they would only removed some Pokémon in already-existing Grottoes and added them to the Grottoes you came up with, and that they merely adjusted the rates at which the Pokémon that weren't tampered with appeared.

Actually, I was trying for a female Combee and randomly happended across the Pinsir. As for how long, I have no idea. My game barely has 200 hours but I rarely check the Hollows, so maybe the 70-somethingith check if that many. Although I do seem to have good luck with them, I have found about 18 unique females from the various hollows incuding a Medicham (.003%) on mabye the 8th visit to that hollow.

Actually, I was trying for a female Combee and randomly happended across the Pinsir. As for how long, I have no idea. My game barely has 200 hours but I rarely check the Hollows, so maybe the 70-somethingith check if that many. Although I do seem to have good luck with them, I have found about 18 unique females from the various hollows incuding a Medicham (.003%) on mabye the 8th visit to that hollow.

I'd say you're pretty lucky, then. In fact, I'd say that if there's any luck involved, I bet most people are "lucky" in terms of consistency and finding the same Grotto spawns over and over again (whether or not they're bad or good).

I eagerly anticipated Hidden Grottos and the promise of obtaining a weather inducing Vulpix and Politoed prior to Black+White 2's release especially since i am unable to connect to the DW. Once the serebii page concerning it got published I did the maths (math) on my chances of them being what spawned in their respective grotto's as well as them being female only to be monumentally discouraged when i discovered the possibility for either to occur was .006% or 1 in a 16667 chance.

After realising my chances I didn't really bother to investigate these grotto's, i did check out a few but never went out of my way to see them and only visited three more than once. Today i thought I'd check them all and clear out whatever lay in them, shockingly most of the ones i'd already visited were empty despite me not visiting them since i had 4 badges and i now have 8 ( a lot of steps).

Fortunately i was made incredulous at something else, something good, on my first attendance of the route 7 grotto i came upon and captured a female Seviper. Infiltrator is not particularly useful but the hope I gained is. I now am aware that in spite of the odds not favouring me that luck is unpredictable and as such can happen whenever and all you can do is make sure you're there in the position to get lucky.

My plea to others is not to forfeit your dreams of striking gold in the mines that are hidden grottoes and to continue your pursuit regardless of the possibility and against the tide of negativity in your mind.

I spent an hour trying to find myself an Amoonguss, but all I could find were Poké Balls that weren't disguised. For an hour though, I'd say that my progress was decent in terms of the number of times I went in Grottoes trying to look for stuff.

Whereas normally, I'd argue that it depends on what you want your Pokémon to do, since it's a Ditto we're talking about here, it can only really accomplish one role, and so I'd say that there really is one preferred nature.

In any case, back to getting Mulches from these Grottoes. I'm just getting really unlucky today. :/

My shinies are not for trade or cloning.
Shinies are not listed in order, for example the last shiny on the banner is not always the latest shiny I've obtained.
Banner 1 made by Light Venusaur, thanks ^_^

My shinies are not for trade or cloning.
Shinies are not listed in order, for example the last shiny on the banner is not always the latest shiny I've obtained.
Banner 1 made by Light Venusaur, thanks ^_^